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wise glabrous. Stamens obtusely apiculatc. Ovary depressed, minutely 

 tomentose ; stigma capitate. Fruit (not quite I'ipe) globular, umbonate, 

 attached for half its length to the calyx. The two larger calyx-wings 

 ob-lanceolatc-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, 5-nerved, flocculent-puberu- 

 lous near the base when young, ultimately glabrous, 2 in. long and 5 in. 

 wide; the 3 smaller wings lanceolate, obtuse, '5 in. long. 



Langani : Curtis, Nos. 2797 and 2798. Kedah : Curtis, Nos. 2096 

 and 2514. 



When dried, the leaves of this are of a dull gray colour — hence the 

 specific name. Its fruit resembles that of the next species, but the 

 leaves have fewer and less prominent nerves. 



6. Vatica CuRTisii, King, n. sp. A tree about 40 feet high : young 

 branches, petioles, inflorescense and calyx brownish sciirfy-pubcscent, 

 ultimately glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong, sub-acute, the base rounded, 

 both surfaces quite glabrous, reticulate ; main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, 

 oblique, rather prominent beneath ; length 3 to 5 in., breadth 1'3 to 

 2*5 in., petiole "S to "45 in. Racemes axillary, few-flowei'ed, 1 to 125 in. 

 long. Floivers '35 in. long. Calyx-lobes unequal, the 2 longer narrowly 

 oblong, obtuse ; the 3 shorter lanceolate-acuminate. Fefals elliptic, 

 slightly oblique, blunt, glabrous except the pubescent edge which is 

 external in the bud. Ripe fruit globulai', '3 in. in diam., adherent 

 to the calyx for half its length, the larger calyx-lobes oblong-obovate, 

 usually obtuse, rarely sub-acute, 5-nerved, 1*75 to 2 in. long, and "7 in. 

 broad ; the smaller wings about '4 in. long. 

 Penang : Curtis, No. 1579. 



7. Vatica fagixea. Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind., I., 301. A 

 tree 80 to 100 feet high : youug branches slender, minutely cinereous 

 stellate-tomentose as is the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, finely reticulate, glabrous ; main nerves 9 to 11 pairs, 

 spreading, curving, thin but prominent when dry ; length 4 to 5 in., 

 breadth 15 to 2 in. Pa?wc/es 25 in. long; flowers "5 in. long. Calyx- 

 tube ribbed, minutely scurfy tomentose, the lobes unequal. Petals 

 narrowly oblong, blunt, glabrous except the pubescent outside edge. 

 Ovary hemispheric, minutely tomentose ; stigma capitate, lobed. Ripe 

 fruit globular, adherent for half its length to the calyx, about -26 in. 

 in diam., the style per.sistent ; the 2 larger calyx-wings narrowly 

 oblong, or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, obscurely 5-nerved, 2 to 2-5 in. 

 long, and '5 to '7 in. broad near the apex ; the three smaller wings un- 

 equal, sub-spathulate, less than '5 in. long. Hopea faginea, "Wall. Cat. 963; 

 Shoreapinan<jiana,Wa\\.,CQ,t. p. 157. Synaptea faginea, Pierre, For. 

 Flore Coch.-Chine, t 242. 



Penang: Wallich. Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 3686 and 3765. 



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